Grace in Trials

"And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led
you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you,
testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his
commandments or not.” -Deuteronomy 8:2

Often we are tested by God so that we might grow in our faith by
seeking his commandments in times of trial. Not that we are under the
Law, but that our hearts are filled with love and obedient to Christ
through all things. God will put many things in our lives that will
humble us. He does this for his glory. Oh how amazing it is even when
we are broken by the sins of this world, and when is seems that Satan
has won, our God still reigns and his love can abound in us more
deeply than before.
Would Israel have learned anything if God allowed them to enter
into the promise land without their forty years in the wilderness? How
arrogant they would be if God never humbled them. So shall it be for
us that we understand the need to be humbled by God. Only then can we
truly submit ourselves to him and cry out, “Your power is made perfect
in our weakness!”

Take joy in the knowledge that God never forgot his covenant with
Israel and he will not forget his covenant with you. You are of Christ
and when this life passes you will feel the satisfaction of all his
glory and on that day when we look back we will be able to see, that all
has changed and the trials of our life will be like milestones.
That makes this all worth it! Israel entered the promise land humbled
by God and not boasting in their arrogance and victory. So shall we
enter eternity with Christ the same way. If God did not humble us, our
arrogance would consume us and we would be prideful creatures without
any desire to be separated from this world and without any longing for
heaven. Be thankful that we are tested and humbled by God for it is
for our own benefit as well as for his glory.